Teammates heavily criticized Bargnani in team meeting

Then there is Andrea Bargnani, Torontoís windy avatar of dissatisfaction. According to sources, the team meeting following the 131-99 loss in Utah involved heavy criticism of Bargnani from his teammates, with some also directed towards point guard Lowry for overly self-centred play. But Bargnani, as always, was the focus.

Anybody can see why. He is back to being his own disinterested self, hoisting jumpers and standing straight-legged. Nobody has ever been able to reach him in his seven-year career; not Colangelo, not his coaches, not his teammates. Last season he was half-involved; this season he has melted back into his unformed puddle of untapped talent. He is grabbing the lowest percentage of available rebounds, 7.6%, of his career. Itís the worst basketball he has played since his disastrous sophomore season. He is finally being shopped, which means even Colangelo is giving up the ghost. But right now, there are no takers.

thank you for posting. A week back I made a somewhat inappropriate thread, because there was little evidence to back up that bargnani's teammates were unsatisfied with his play and it could certainly be called hate mongering, I feel a little vindicated now...

It's a question of buyers, really. With his current contract, and all these reports coming out, who in their right mind would take him? Look to next year, I say. Some of the guys haven't been so bad this year; Demar and Ed have really improved, as well as Lowry coming in and beasting. Play the youth, and look to the 2013 free agency/2014 draft. With Jose's contract ending, I'm not averse to amnestying Bargs at seasons end if we can't find a buyer. That'll give us big money to play with, and hopefully we go for a star to join our improving cast.
Oh, and to make this post RR credible, #fireBC

It's a question of buyers, really. With his current contract, and all these reports coming out, who in their right mind would take him? Look to next year, I say. Some of the guys haven't been so bad this year; Demar and Ed have really improved, as well as Lowry coming in and beasting. Play the youth, and look to the 2013 free agency/2014 draft. With Jose's contract ending, I'm not averse to amnestying Bargs at seasons end if we can't find a buyer. That'll give us big money to play with, and hopefully we go for a star to join our improving cast.
Oh, and to make this post RR credible, #fireBC

This is exactly what I was thinking yesterday. We'd likely have to take on a shitty contract or end might up getting no real value in return for #7 via trade. Amnesty might be the best option they have, unless of course BC is still giving away $6M contracts to middling bench players.

Having BC in this lame duck situation right now could be very detrimental to the team. He's in a real hole right now and will probably make some sort of "big" move to fuck up our future. Whatever that may be... a la Rob Babcock.

Not to divert the attention away from Bargnani but do you get the feeling that the part about Calderon is less investigative journalism of breaking news and more a concept just rehashed from the off season (ie they don't really give a time line for this thought)

"The Lakers have been reported as a possible destination for Bargnani as part of a possible deal involving forward Pau Gasol, but the big man is up for discussion in any and all trade talks so long as the potential pieces coming Toronto's are good enough that they could help right this ship. Point guard Jose Calderon has made it clear that he would like to be traded, and Colangelo continues to explore the possibilities there as well. A Raptors trade of some significance, more than likely, is on the horizon."

This is exactly what I was thinking yesterday. We'd likely have to take on a shitty contract or end might up getting no real value in return for #7 via trade. Amnesty might be the best option they have, unless of course BC is still giving away $6M contracts to middling bench players.

Having BC in this lame duck situation right now could be very detrimental to the team. He's in a real hole right now and will probably make some sort of "big" move to fuck up our future. Whatever that may be... a la Rob Babcock.

+1 I was going to create a thread about amnestying him in the offseason but I felt it was premature. The raptors have absolutely no cap space to improve next season. If raptors don't trade or amnesty Bargnani it'll be close to impossible to improve.

Poor Bargnani I dont hate him personally but for theis team to get better it has to 1. Trade Bargnani for whatever and have a more solid defensive line up that can go back to grinding Ball, Ed Davis and JV give us good post presence should cut down some of those silly points in the paint. 2. This fires up Bargnani to give a shit of all players he has the worst work ethic honestly if Bargs worked on his game he would be amazing dominant nobody could touch him a 7 footer that can shoot grab boards and easily score in the paint with a polished box and post game? He would truly be incredible if he cared to develop himself imagine Bargnani with DeRozans work ethic? Sam Mitch brought that up recently and I agree.

To this day I still dont fault BC for drafting Bargs, based on his raw skillset and athleticism for a 7 footer he could have been a monster.

Does anybody else find it really hard to bash on Bargnani because he's an introvert? Sometimes I wish he was more of a douche so I could hate him without the guilt.

I would find it hard to bash on a player that was giving it his all. Instead we have a Ave Ventura haired starting seven footer who grabs 7% of available rebounds. The only guilt I feel is to myself for not having the strength to just walk away from this pathetic franchise.